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* Saint Christopher, patron saint of travellers, and a medal of whom is usually featured in a car, is often the butt of car-related jokes.

* Saint Francis of Assisi, patron saint of animals and the enviroment

* Saint [[Joan of Arc]], co-patron saint of France (Saint Denis is the original patron) and archetypal [[Action Girl]], the [[Jeanne D Archetype]].

* Saint Jude, the patron saint of Lost Causes. [[The Untouchables|And police officers.]]

* ...and other saints with [[Odd Job Gods|unusual patronage]]. There can be a lot of overlap in patronage, particularly in issues that cause people to pray a lot.

== [[Comic Books]] ==

* In ''[[Hellboy]]: The Nature of the Beast'', St. Leonard the Hermit and his slaying of the St. Leonard Worm are alluded to to when the eponymous Hellboy fights a similar creature, and just like in the legends, Hellboy's blood also causes flowers to spring up from the earth. Later, in ''Box Full of Evil'', St. Dunstan is mentioned, and his image used, in connection with a demon he had defeated and imprisoned centuries earlier.

* Nicholas van Rijn (A.D. 2376 to c. 2500) is a fictional character who plays the central role in the first half of [[Poul Anderson]]'s [[Technic History]]. He swears by Saint Dismas (the Good Thief, appropriately), and has expressed the intention of burning candles in offering (to which another character responded "The Saint had best get it in writing").

* Leonard Cohen's ''Beautiful Losers'' is about a Canadian historian researching Blessed Catherine Tekakwitha, "the Lily of the Mohawks"

* St. Sebastian's connection to gay men led [[Yukio Mishima]], in his autobiographical novel ''Confessions of a Mask'', to write a lengthy "awakening" moment in front of a picture of the saint.

* A heavily fictionalized St. George is the hero of the first book of ''[[The Faerie Queene]]''.

* Saint Nicholas' other patronage (that of thieves--more accurately, ''repentant'' thieves) is mentioned in ''[[Leverage]]'', where Sophie tells Parker (who is only aware of the [[Santa Claus]] version) that St. Nick is also the patron saint of thieves.

** Nathan is also handed a Brigid medal in one episode.

* Like ''Joan of Arcadia'', ''[[Wonderfalls]]'' was inspired by Joan of Arc's story.

* ''[[House (TV)|House]]'' snarks at one of his patients when he spots a Saint Nicholas (I believe) medallion, whose patronage also includes prostitutes. She snarks right back that he's also the patron saint of the wrongfully accused.

** Alton Brown regarded [[MacGyver]] as his patron saint first, in a 2001 episode of ''[[Good Eats]]'', "Where There's Smoke, There's Fish." (he constructed a fish smoker out of a cardboard box...go figure.)

* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' has the villains celebrate the Night of St. Vigeous, the patron saint of vampires. Since vampires are basically [[Always Chaotic Evil]], [[Fridge Logic|one has to wonder]] [[You Fail Religious Studies Forever|why the church approved of]] ''[[You Fail Religious Studies Forever|that]]'' [[You Fail Religious Studies Forever|one]].

{{quote| '''Elisa:''' How dare you say such things in front of the statue of Santa Lucia, the patron saint of judgemental statues!}}

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